Window-shade and lace-curtain holder.



H. ROGERS.

WINDOW SHADE AND LACE CURTAIN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 050.25. 1914.

.1, 1 62,652. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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HARVEY ncense, or MUNCIE, TINDIANA.

Specifieationof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed December 26, 1914. Serial. No. 879,127.

To (:ZZ 'wiwm. z't may concern Be it known that I, HARVEY Rooms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, inthe county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindow-Shade and Lace-Curtain Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to window shade and lace curtain holders, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide means for supporting a window shade and a lace curtain pole which may be ad justed for windows of different widths, and which may be adjusted vertically to insure the proper rolling of the window shade upon its roller.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of simple construction which can be secured to a window casing by two nails or screws, and which may be adjusted for any width of windows, and in which the shade bracket upon one side of the device may be adjusted vertically to assure the proper operation of the shade roller.

e foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which- Figure l is a front elevation of a window shade nd lace curtain holder made in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 33 of ig. 1.

Referring the numeral 1 the other member thereof.

' comprises a rectangular bearing plate 3 hav- 3 is a guide member tangular bearing plate 3 and the horizontal member 6 is provided with a longitudinal slot 8, said member being fitted between the flanges 7 and held in adjusted position by a setscrew 9. The bearing plate 3 is pro vided with a curtain pole bracket a terminal inwardly bent end 5?.

Each of the members 6 and (3 is provided with a supporting arm or bracket 10 which is bent backwardly as shown in Fig. 2 and provided with a single perforation for a nail or screw 11. The backwardly extending member 10 is horizontal and adapted to be secured underneath the top member of the window frame out of the way, and so as not to mar the window casing at a place where it would be readily seen.

Secured to the plate 3 is a shade bracket 12, and secured to the bearing plate 3 is an adjustable shade bracket 12 provided with an open slot 13 for the pintle of the shade roller. The bracket 12 is provided with a base plate having a stud l4 and a perforation for the adjusting screw 15, said plate being mounted on the bearing plate 3 and secured in a vertically adjusted position by means of a slot 16 through which the stud lt extends and in which the adjusting screw 15 is mounted. The adjusting screw 15 is provided with a nut 17 on the rear side of the plate 3 From the foregoing it will be obvious that the members 6 and 6 may be adjusted one relatively to the other to fit windows of difierent widths, and that the window shade bracket 12 may be adjusted vertically to compensate for any irregularities in the securing of the shade to the roller.

l11S invention is simple in construction, can be manufactured at low cost, may be stamped out of sheet metal of the required thickness, and provides means forattachment to the window casing which will be entirely out of the way and cannot readily be seen when the device is supported in place, and also that means are provided for adjusting one end of the shade roller vertically, to insure a proper operation of the shade on the roller.

arious changes may be tails of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claim.

What is claimed is z- A window shade and comprising rectangular bearing plates, a horizontal arm extending from the inner side near the upper edge of each bearing plate, one of said arms having a guide memher and a set screw and the other having a and a made in the delace curtain holder the body and having an aperture in its upper face, whereby said holder can be securely fastened to a window frame, a bracket on the upper edge of each bearing plate and being adapted to support a curtain pole, a shade supporting plate secured to the lower outer corner of one of the bearing plates, the

other bearing plate having a vertlcal slot near its lower outer edge, whereby a similar shade supporting plate, having a guide lug and a set screw, is adapted to be slidably mounted on said bearing plate, thereby having the shade supporting plates adjustable in relation to each other.

In testimony whereof I ariiX my signature 1n presence of two w1tnesses.

HARVEY ROGERS.

Witnesses JOHN C.'EILER, J. FRANK MANN.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Tatents, Washington, D. G." 

